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...Orleans as a vibrant, otherworldly land - a city in its own orbit. Beyond all the death, destruction and lives upended, one of the great jolts of the storm was that it forced a city that has always been somewhat out of step with the rest of American life to confront itself, in all its quirks and vulnerabilities. Baum's is a compassionate account of a most unique American city's long, strange journey...
...irritate them, but he also emboldens them, because his oil-fueled socialist revolution has changed the political conversation in the Americas. The fact that Venezuela's majority poor have been enfranchised for the first time has prodded the rest of Latin America to finally confront its corrosive social inequality. Even officials of moderate Latin governments say privately they're gratified that Washington's regional hegemony has been challenged and often blunted since Chávez took power. (See George W. Bush's biggest economic mistakes...
...good-natured, tough couple laughing in the face of winter—a cheerful reminder that we ought to gauge our days not by the temperature of the freezing rain or the number of bricks missing in the sidewalk, but by the insurrectionary joy with which we confront them...
...natural history collections. For example, they emphasize the aesthetic attributes of the eggs and nests, from their color to their architectural design.Though Werby believes that these photographs can be “windows into natural history,” she also admits that artists who depict objects in nature confront the unique challenge of distinguishing their works as art. Purcell says that once an artist has developed strategies to overcome this hurdle, she is then capable of bringing to life “visual, evocative qualities” in her subjects through artistic media. Thus she can illuminate aspects...
...pain of the bust that follows a boom, and with oil hovering around $40 a barrel some of Chávez's socialist agenda will surely face cuts after the referendum. Many people have begun asking why the radical who so boldly stands up to the U.S. can't confront the violent crime that plagues the country and leaves scores dead each weekend. "I know in my heart that life is better here than it was 10 years ago," says Tobías Caravallo, 42, who owns an electronics repair shop in La Silsa and is a devoted Chavista...